A. Description of the Advisory Firm
Cleveland Wealth, LLC (hereinafter “CW”) is a Limited Liability Company organized in
the State of Ohio.
The firm was formed in October 2015, became licensed as a registered investment adviser
in 2016 and the principal owners are Thomas Williams Stockett and Douglas William
Sockman.
B. Types of Advisory Services
Portfolio Management Services
CW offers ongoing portfolio management services based on the individual goals,
objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance of each client. CW creates an Investment Policy
Statement for each client, which outlines the client’s current situation (income, tax levels,
and risk tolerance levels). Portfolio management services include, but are not limited to,
the following:
• Investment strategy • Personal investment policy
• Asset allocation • Asset selection
• Risk tolerance • Regular portfolio monitoring
CW seeks to provide that investment decisions are made in accordance with the fiduciary
duties owed to its accounts and without consideration of CW’s economic, investment or
other financial interests. To meet its fiduciary obligations, CW attempts to avoid, among
other things, investment or trading practices that systematically advantage or
disadvantage certain client portfolios, and accordingly, CW’s policy is to seek fair and
equitable allocation of investment opportunities/transactions among its clients to avoid
favoring one client over another over time. It is CW’s policy to allocate investment
opportunities and transactions it identifies as being appropriate and prudent among its
clients on a fair and equitable basis over time.
Selection of Other Advisers
CW may direct clients to third-party investment advisers to manage all or a portion of the
client’s assets. Before selecting other advisers for clients, CW will always ensure those
other advisers are properly licensed or registered as an investment adviser. CW then
makes investments with a third-party investment adviser by referring the client to the
third-party adviser. CW will review the ongoing performance of the third-party adviser
as a portion of the client’s portfolio.
Pension Consulting Services
CW offers consulting services to pension or other employee benefit plans (including but
not limited to 401(k) plans). Pension consulting may include, but is not limited to:
o identifying investment objectives and restrictions
o providing guidance on various assets classes and investment options
o recommending money managers to manage plan assets in ways designed to
achieve objectives
o monitoring performance of money managers and investment options and making
recommendations for changes
o recommending other service providers, such as custodians, administrators and
broker-dealers
o creating a written pension consulting plan
These services are based on the goals, objectives, demographics, time horizon, and/or risk
tolerance of the plan and its participants.
Financial Planning
CW offers comprehensive financial planning that may include, but is not limited to:
investment planning,
retirement planning, tax planning, estate planning, protection
planning and college planning (when applicable).
In offering financial planning, a conflict exists between the interests of the investment
adviser and the interests of the client. The client is under no obligation to act upon the
investment adviser’s recommendation, and, if the client elects to act on any of the
recommendations, the client is under no obligation to effect the transaction through the
investment adviser.
Services Limited to Specific Types of Investments
CW generally limits its investment advice to mutual funds, fixed income securities, real
estate funds (including REITs), insurance products including annuities, equities and ETFs.
CW may use other securities as well to help diversify a portfolio when applicable.
Written Acknowledgement of Fiduciary Status
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or
individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as
applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. The way we make money
creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires
us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. Under this special
rule’s provisions, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations
(give prudent advice);
• Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations
(give loyal advice);
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in
your best interest;
• Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
• Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
C. Client Tailored Services and Client Imposed Restrictions
CW offers the same suite of services to all of its clients. However, specific client investment
strategies and their implementation are dependent upon the client Investment Policy
Statement which outlines each client’s current situation (income, tax levels, and risk
tolerance levels). Clients may impose restrictions in investing in certain securities or types
of securities in accordance with their values or beliefs. However, if the restrictions prevent
CW from properly servicing the client account, or if the restrictions would require CW to
deviate from its standard suite of services, CW reserves the right to end the relationship.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
A wrap fee program is an investment program where the investor pays one stated fee that
includes management fees, transaction costs, fund expenses, and other administrative
fees. CW does not participate in any wrap fee programs.
E. Assets Under Management
CW has the following assets under management as of December 2022:
Discretionary Amounts: Non-discretionary Amounts: Date Calculated
$2,607,137.00 $585,882,785.00 December 2022